I work on a vb6 application which is having problems with Vista, for the obvious reasons (writing to program files, and other things that are no longer allowed by default).
Where should I store application data or user's saved files?
Do I need priviledges to create folders and files, there, too?
What other common actions will cause pro...
I have a product setup executable that copies some files to the user's hard drive. It's not a typical installer in the normal sense (it doesn't add anything to the Start Menu or Program Files folders).
Each time the setup program is run on Vista, after the exe terminates, Vista produces a task dialog:
This program might not have inst...
i manifested my executable as require administrator:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
<!-- Disable Windows Vista UAC compatability heuristics -->
<trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2">
<security>
<...